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@niiet gisten stsnt @fitta JOHN M. CAYGE, 0F FRANKLIN, ,TENN'ESSE-E.Letters Patent No. 68,953, datedseptembe' 17, 18er.

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-TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known ,that I, JOHN M. OAYCE, ofY Franklin, in thc county ofW'illiamson, and State of Tennessee,` have invented a new'and improvedInvalids Spittoon; und Ido hereby declare the following to be 'a full,,.clear, and exact dcscription of thesame, reference being had to -theaccompanying drawings, forming part tif-,this

specification, and in which the ligure is n. perspective view of myinvention, a" portion of the shell of the handle.

being removed to show its interior construction. y In this invention thecover of the spittoon is raised by the act of lifting the instrument,und falls by its own weight when the spittoo'n is set down again.

This spittoon is desi gncd for use in sick-rooms. The old-fashion edspittoon is not only oil'ensive to the-senses,

but is exceedingy inconvenient to handle, in factso much so that aninvalid, if very feeble, will beunable toV lift it. On the other hand,spittoons constructedwith covers require to have the cover raised by thehand before the' instrument is lifted for use.. They are also, ingeneral, diflcult to cleanse-properly.

My instrument is designed to ohviate'all these defects intheconstruction of Spittyons, and to be at fonce light, cheap, and easy tohandle, while efectually covering from sight all e'xpectorated matter,except at 'the particular moment when it is opened for use. l i

In order that others skilled in the art to which .my inventionappertainsmay be enabled to make and use the same, I will proceed tedescribe it in dtail.`

In lthe drawings, A is a cylindrical box of tin or other suitablematerial, its-upper side half covered by' the xed plate a, and halt'covered by the hing'ed lid B, shown by red lines in its position whenraised. C is the hollow tin handle of the box- A, by which the spittoonis lifted when used. Inside of this handle is a. lever, D, of wire,pivoted at d, and having one end, d', bent `up and projecting through anaperture in the handle, against a projecting arm,'b, of the lid B, andthe other o r outer end also'bent up and terminating in the button d. Bydepressing the button d", the other end, d', of the lever israised, andthe lid B against which'it presses is raised with it. When removing thethumb from the button' d the lid falls of itsv own` weight. v The arm ofthe level-.D towards the box A is made longest, so as to o''er no'resistance tothe fail of the lid; The lbutton d is Vso situated that itwill invariably be Ydepressed by simply grasping the handle C, therebeing no necessity of using the thumb specially for that purpose. -Thereis no commumcatwubetween the cavity of the handle C1 `l and the'interiorof the box A.` The latter is bounded by simple plnne or concavesurfaces, and can be cleansed without the slightest diculty. The -wall'of the box opposite to the side upon whichthe lid Bcloses dow'n may beperforated along its upper edge with small holes e e e, if desired.Through these holes the breath, some of whichwillalwaysbe thrown intothe boxv with' the act of expectortion, can pass out without' retqrningto o'end the olfactories of theinvalid. i

Having thus described my invention, ,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLet'ters Patent, is

A spittoon havinglthe lid B, in combination with the lever D, Vworkingin the handle and operated by .the button d, substantially as and forthe purpose specified. l V l To the above specification of myimprovement I have signed my hand this 24th day of May,18`67.

JOHN M. CAYCE.

Witnesses:

Guns. A. Pnrrr'r, SoLoN G.- Kanon.

